Quote from: Suzuki Stevo on September 12, 2009, 05:26:24 AM

Quote from: NF11624 on September 11, 2009, 09:47:15 PM
I guess I don't understand how using the kill switch leads to a dead battery. 

Here is the scenario, rider pulls up, kills bike with E Switch, leaves key On...we come back after lunch to a dead battery. This has happened twice to me on group rides.

Well, then you have to remember to take the key OUT.


I've used the kill switch on all three bikes...  never had a dead battery or anything else go wrong.

MSF instructors include the red switch in the MC shutdown procedure only to get novice riders familiar with it's location and what it does. Using the red switch to stop the engine is a completely unnecessary and redundant move that just adds another step to what is otherwise a simple one key operation. Granted, using the red switch does not hurt the bike in any way, and if it makes you happy use it....but your only kidding yourself if you think using it is required to shutdown a MC   

Quote from: annguyen1981 on September 12, 2009, 07:23:01 PMWell, then you have to remember to take the key OUT.

Out has nothing to do with it, OFF is the function that matters.

Cant remember the last time I used the killswitch, I think its only there to comply with some obscure construction and use law or regulation that might apply in some backwater country somewhere....But consider this......I have yet to see a car/van/truck with a killswitch independant of the ignition switch 

One situation where you should use the kill switch at the end of the ride is this:  When parking on an incline, where you probably should have both feet on the ground, and two fingers on the brake, two fingers on the clutch.  Flick the switch, release clutch lever, release brake, extend side stand, turn keyswitch off and remove.

My $.013 (adjusted for inflation)

Personaly I am more concerned about ensuring the the bike is in neutral before shutting it off...but thats just me

Maybe it's just me, but i don't want my bike in neutral while parked, especially on an incline.